Monarda 'Panorama Mix' Seeds

Bee balm earns its name: its shaggy, spidery flower heads are a magnet for bees and butterflies from midsummer into early autumn. 'Panorama Mix' flowers in scarlet, crimson, pink, purple and white on upright stems above aromatic, mint-scented leaves. Leaves and flowers make a citrus and mint herbal tea, once known as Oswego tea. Monarda didyma is a hardy perennial that forms a spreading clump, perfect for the middle of a sunny border or a cottage garden.

Sowing and growing

• Sow indoors March to April at 18 to 20°C, pressing the seed onto the surface and barely covering it
• Plant out May to June, or sow in a cold frame then
• Barely cover, about 0.2 cm deep
• Germination takes 10 to 21 days
• Full sun or light shade, in soil that stays moist in summer but drains in winter
• Grows to about 75 to 90 cm tall and spreads about 45 cm
• Flowers July to September, mostly from the second summer; an early indoor sowing may flower late in the first year
• Hardy herbaceous perennial; divide every few years to keep it vigorous

What you receive: a packet of about 80 seeds from Piccolo Seeds, with growing instructions on the back.

Add it to the rest of our plants for wildlife and pollinators, or browse more perennials in our seed range.